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Bent Flyvbjerg
Researcher at University of Oxford
Publications - 327
Citations - 55367
Bent Flyvbjerg is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cost overrun & Megaproject. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 320 publications receiving 50120 citations. Previous affiliations of Bent Flyvbjerg include Aalborg University & Delft University of Technology.
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Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
TL;DR: The authors examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research and concludes with the Kuhnian insight that a scientific discipline without a large number of thoroughly executed case studies is a discipline without systematic production of exemplars.
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Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
TL;DR: The authors examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research: theoretical knowledge is more valuable than practical knowledge, one cannot generalize from a single case, therefore, the single-case study cannot contribute to scientific development, the case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing and theory building, case study contains a bias toward verification, and it is often difficult to summarize specific case studies.
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Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again
Bent Flyvbjerg,Steven Sampson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Flyvbjerg argues that the strength of social science is in its rich, reflexive analysis of values and power, essential to the social and economic development of any society.
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Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the role of politicians and the public in the process of land-use development megaprojects and suggest practical solutions drawing on theory and scientific evidence from the several hundred projects in twenty nations and five continents.
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Five misunderstandings about case-study research
TL;DR: The authors examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research and concludes with the Kuhnian insight that a scientific discipline without a large number of thoroughly executed case studies is a discipline without systematic production of exemplars.